The 2015 World Forum for Foreign Direct Investment will focus on the impact of geopolitics on foreign direct investment (FDI). The forum, hosted by the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) and organised by Conway Events, will be held from 9 – 10 February in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates: the first time that the event has taken place in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

The first panel session of the World Forum “East meeting West: Geopolitics and Foreign Direct Investment” is expected to address a wide range of issues affecting global investment including cross-border transactions, international trade agreements, local factors affecting corporate governance and the role of diplomacy in global business deals.

‘Where East Meets West’ has been chosen as the theme for the 2015 World Forum for Foreign Direct Investment and the event has drawn together a truly international platform of speakers to discuss global investment issues.
Other sessions scheduled for the World Forum include Global Infrastructure: Enhancing FDI; Vanishing Frontiers: Cross-border Financing Options for FDI; Navigating Bureaucracy; and Developing Top Talent and International Mobility.

Lord Peter Mandelson, former British Labour Party politician and the European Commissioner for Trade from 2004 and 2008; Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the World Wide Web; and Tony Fernandes, Founder of Air Asia will deliver keynotes at the forum.
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